Justice said that he didn’t know of any examples of transgender athletes trying to gain an unfair advantage in sports despite signing the bill.
West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice said Friday that he didn’t know of any examples of transgender athletes trying to gain an unfair advantage in sports despite signing a bill Wednesday barring transgender athletes from competing in girls’ and women’s athletics. MSNBC anchor Stephanie Ruhle pressed the governor on the new law Friday morning, following up with Justice, a Republican, after he responded that he did not “have that experience exactly to myself right now” when asked for an example in his state where a transgender athlete gained an unfair advantage in women’s or girls’ sports. “Can you give me one example of a transgender child trying to get an unfair advantage, just one, in your state? You signed a bill about it,” Ruhle said. “No, I can’t really tell you one,” Justice said.
